OBSERVATION DECK:
Here’s what I saw Friday afternoon during the Cowboys’ training camp practice/controlled scrimmage at Cowboys Stadium against the San Diego Chargers:

• Early in team drills, NT Josh Brent and DE Sean Lissemore each penetrated the line of scrimmage and clogged up the middle on Chargers’ running plays. Lissemore had two stops that would have gone for losses.

• LB Brandon Williams, who has been hampered by a sore back, was good against the run in 9-on-7 drills, consistently getting into the backfield.

• CB Orlando Scandrick made several good plays in tight coverage against Chargers receivers. He broke up a Philip Rivers pass in the end zone over the middle intended for WR Vincent Jackson. Later, he had another pass breakup in the end zone.

• WR Jesse Holley made a nice touchdown catch in the back of the end zone. Later, he worked himself open on the right side and caught a pass from Tony Romo for a big gain. But Holley did drop a deep pass along the sideline from Romo and dropped a slant from Romo.

• Undrafted free agent rookie kicker Dan Bailey had another good day, going 6-for-7 on field goal attempts. Bailey’s only miss was low and wide right on a 49-yard attempt. Bailey is now 48-of-60 overall and injured starter David Buehler is 35-of-49.

• Safety Akwasi Owusu-Ansah cut in front of a pass to the left corner of the end zone and made a nice interception.

• Rookie Bill Nagy continued to work at first-team left guard. Nagy was beaten badly by Chargers DL Vaughn Martin late in team drills. Nagy had to grab Martin from behind to keep him away from Tony Romo in the red zone.

• Starter Andre Gurode and backup Phil Costa split time at first-team center. Gurode continues to get back into football shape after missing the first few weeks of camp.

• Safety Danny McCray stripped the football from WR Vincent Jackson in the left flat and then recovered the fumble.

• The new kickoff rule in the NFL this year calls for teams to kickoff from the 35 instead of the 30. But the Cowboys and Chargers kicked off from the 30 on Friday to allow their special teams units to get more practice on returns. Dan Bailey‘s kickoffs came down at the 9- and 5-yard lines.

• RB Felix Jones dropped a pass over the middle from Tony Romo and then dropped a pass in the end zone from Romo that would have been an easy touchdown.

• RB Lonyae Miller caught a short pass from Tony Romo and used a good stiff-arm move to just get into the right side of the end zone before going out of bounds.

• Rookie CB Josh Thomas had a good pass breakup on a Billy Volek pass intended for WR Laurent Robinson. Thomas dislodged the ball as it hit Robinson’s hands.